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- 1961-09-01 · Beaver Island
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Summary
Perry Smith of Charlevoix, husband of former Beaver Island resident Emily Ruth Gatliff, died in September 1961 and was interred in Charlevoix. A later obituary identifies the couple as the parents of Paul Perry Smith, born in Charlevoix in 1920.
Evidence and limits
This is an episode-qualified obituary identity. The first-week wording supports the death at month, rather than day, precision. The later family obituary strengthens the spouse identification, but does not provide vital dates for this Perry Smith.
Sources
- Identifies Perry Smith of Charlevoix as married to former Beaver Island resident Ruth Gatliff and reports his death in the first week of September and Charlevoix interment. It supports September 1961 at month precision but supplies no full civil record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The obituary for Paul Perry Smith, born in Charlevoix in 1920, names his parents as Perry Smith and Emily Ruth (Gatliff) Smith. The matching paternal name, Charlevoix locality, and distinctive Gatliff spouse establish Emily Ruth as the full name of the wife named only as Ruth Gatliff in the 1961 Beaver Beacon notice; it does not give the father’s birth date or a more precise 1961 death date.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Perry Smith”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/perry-smith/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1961, “Obituaries.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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